Dan Curtis lives in Victoria, British Columbia. His work has appeared in many of the leading English language journals and magazines including Frogpond, Heron's Nest, and Modern Haiku. He is a member of Haiku Canada, the Haiku Society of America, and Haiku Arbutus.
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Aw, this is so lovely, Dan. We spent a lot of our time as kids investigating insects in the garden and this brings me right back. Oh for the days when kids were fascinated by ladybirds/bugs! :)
Ladybug down a stem.
Black, quiet evening.
Thank you for this, Dirk.
light from window
spreading across the floor
ladybug’s shadow
Thank you for your haiku, Debbie.
Beautiful ku!
foreign land
the ladybug walks
across the hemisphere
in the early twilight
the pain of separation dwells
in the painting of black and white
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: The Cherita, Issue # 12 May 2018
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the spider
rides up and down
on the mirror
I readjust my face
picking up the shinny hair
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Undertow Tanak Review, 2014
Thanks, Pravat!
__ Watching the Ladybug… I envisioned another's pathway; nifty Dan.
warm watch
this inchworm measures
lilac branch
Thank you, Magyar!
Enjoyable, quiet, intimate haiku which captures a moment with clarity and simplicity! Nicely done!
Thank you, Bruce. Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful, as in full of wonder!
Thank you, Jean!
A lovely way to spend an afternoon…busy doing nothing :)
I love this. The contained intensity of it, the sense of time slowing down. (Edward Thomas' 'Adlestrop' comes to mind.)
between
two thorns–
slug siesta
(Cattails, Oct. '17)
Thank you, Helen! Love the "slug" ku.
If I were putting together an anthology, this poem would be in it. Impressive.
Thank you, Greg. Appreciate your support.
Aw, this is so lovely, Dan. We spent a lot of our time as kids investigating insects in the garden and this brings me right back. Oh for the days when kids were fascinated by ladybirds/bugs! :)
marion
Thank you, Marion!
Beautiful!
Anitha.
Thank you, Anitha!